The pianist
Subtitle: the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
By: Władysław Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell
Contributors: Hosenfeld, Wilm
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Szpilman, Władysław; Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Personal narratives; Jewish musicians -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography; Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography
Genres: Biography; Personal narratives
Work titles: Śmierć miasta.
Description: A Jewish pianist's real-life account of survival in World War II Warsaw. Separated in a mêlée, he fights to rejoin his family as they board the death train, but police block him. "Papa!" he cries. The father waves, "as if I were setting out into life and he was already greeting me from beyond the grave."